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Pochettino proud and refusing to give up title hope

Tottenham: Players urged to believe in title dream by Mauricio Pochettino

Mauricio Pochettino was proud of Tottenham’s performance at Liverpool and has urged his players not to lose belief in their Premier League title dream.

Spurs could have trimmed the deficit at the summit to just two points ahead of Leicester City’s clash with Southampton on Sunday, but a share of the spoils on Merseyside means Claudio Ranieri’s side can end the weekend seven points clear with only half a dozen games remaining.

Tottenham were on course to leave with nothing too having fallen behind to Philippe Coutinho’s 51st-minute opener, before Harry Kane levelled by holding off Dejan Lovren and firing in his club-record 22nd Premier League goal of the campaign.

And while the visitors’ resilience was pleasing for Pochettino, he conceded the result left him slightly deflated in a potentially pivotal weekend in the title chase.

“After the game of course (I’m) disappointed because I think we dropped two points,” Pochettino said.

“But playing Liverpool at Anfield is never easy. We need to feel proud of our players. We showed character. In the first half they have chances, us too. In the second half we started better and conceded a goal. The way we fight and how we finish the game, we need to feel proud of the effort and character we showed.”

Pochettino plans to watch Southampton’s visit to the Midlands on Sunday afternoon and will be keeping his fingers crossed his old club can do Tottenham a favour.

Asked how he views the title race now, Pochettino said: “We have six games ahead and we need to believe. In football all can happen.

“It was difficult to come here and try and win the three points but we were calm and we believe in our quality.

“We feel a little bit disappointed for dropping two points but we need belief and be ready for the next game which will be a tough game against Manchester United.”